Peter Lesser (born 15 August 1941) is an East German former ski jumper.
Career In 1962 at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane, he reached fifth place on the large hill.Egon Theiner: Enzyklopädie des Skispringens, S. 159
He improved world record two times; 141 metres (463 ft) in 1962 and 145.5 metres (477 ft) in 1965, both on Kulm ski flying hill in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria.
Ski jumping world records DateHillLocationMetresFeet1 March 1962 Kulm Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria14146321 March 1965 Kulm Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria145.547720 March 1965 Kulm Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria147482 Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.
References
External links
Peter Lesser at The-Sports.org